Shannon Ridge Chardonnay 2023Vintage 2023 Size 75cl ABV 13. 5% Tasting Note Maybe its just me but I cant help thinking that when youre given a name like Clay Shannon you have a certain responsibility to take on the mantle of a western hero and line up alongside Doc Holliday and co at the OK Corral. But that wasnt really an option for Clay so instead, he holstered his pistols and went into battle for the planet, setting up a regenerative organic vineyard in Lake County, north

Lasting rich fruit flavours with smooth round tannins

both of which favour cooler temperatures and lend these wines incredible freshness and perfect levels of acidity

balanced and delightfully fruity

Chanzy is a 80 hectare Estate

with strong connections with it’s wood aging

) is another of these lesser known varieties that apparently have been knocking around Puglia for centuries and are only now emerging into the daylight of single varietal bottlings

Reminds me of the excellent 1967 Vargellas

vinified and aged in concrete

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once the fermentation is finished the grape skin remain with the wine for 6 months

000 of which is left untouched as a wildlife wilderness whilst the rest is one of the country’s largest regenerative farming systems

aged in ex-bourbon barrels and finished in ex-Madeira wine casks to bring out its full gold character